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For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no

 

sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God

 

in him (2 Corinthians 5:21).

 

Being born again, you have the nature and

 

life of God; righteousness has become the

 

character of your spirit. The ability to be

 

right, and to do right—the ability to

 

perform righteousness—is inherent in your

 

spirit. You’re now required to live that life

 

of righteousness from inside out; you’re to

 

live out that character; the nature of rightness that God

 

has given you! He wants it formed in you, and evident on

 

the outside.

 

It’s like when a child is born; that child is

 

characteristically human; but he starts building and

 

developing his innate human characteristics through

 

knowledge and information. In the same way, as a child

 

of God, though you’re the righteousness of God, you

 

need to grow and mature in the knowledge of God. You

 

need to become skilful in the doctrine of righteousness.

 

Hebrews 5:13 says, "For every one that useth milk is

 

unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe."

 

A child who is not taught to walk, may never walk; not

 

because he doesn’t have the ability to walk, but because

 

he was never taught.

 

Likewise, for you to become thoroughly established in

 

the doctrine of righteousness, you must be taught the

 

Word. You must be a committed member in a local

 

Church. In Church, apart from fellowship and all the

 

other beautiful things that take place, you’re taught how

 

to live the life of righteousness, which you’ve received in

 

Christ Jesus. You’re instructed, through the Scriptures,

 

how to live out the righteousness of God that’s in your

 

spirit.

 

As you live out that righteousness, many will witness the

 

perfection and inner-beauty of divinity in you; God’s

 

nature of rightness, excellence, and perfection will be

 

manifested in you.